Leonardo (moth)

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Leonardo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Chiloini
Genus: Leonardo
Bleszynski, 1965 [1]

Leonardo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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